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so far from the clyde – mark knopfler
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tabber E – mail : fffoma@gmail . com
capo : 1
tempo : 140
time signature : 3/4
chords :
Asus4 [ x02230 ]
Dsus2 [ xx0211 ]
intro ( chords in round brackets isn’t playing ) :
| Am | ( Am ) | G/B | ( G/B ) |
| Am/C | ( Am/C ) | G | ( G ) |
| G | F | ( F ) | ( F ) | ( F ) |
| Dm | ( Dm ) | G | ( G ) |
| Am | ( Am ) | G/B | ( G/B ) |
| Am/C | ( Am/C ) | G | ( G ) |
| G | F | ( F ) | ( F ) | ( F ) |
| Am | ( Am ) | ( Am ) | ( Am ) |
Am
they had a last supper
G Am Am
the day of the beaching
Am C
she’s a dead ship sailing
Em Em
skeleton crew
F
the galley is empty
C Am Am Am F
the stove pots are cooling
Am Asus4
with what’s left of the stew
Am
the time is approaching
G Am Am
the captain moves over
Am C
the hangman steps in
Em Em
to do what he’s paid for
F
with the wind down the tide
C Am Am
she goes proud ahead steaming
F Am Am
and he drives her hard into the shore
C Em F F
so far from the clyde
Dm Dm
together we ride
F F
we did ride
| Am | Am | Am | Am |
| Am | Am | Am | Am |
| Am | Am |
Am
as if to a wave
G Am Am
from her bows to her rudder
Am C Em Em
bravely she rises to meet with the land
F C Am Am
under their feet they all feel her keel shatter
F Am Am
the shallow see washes their hands
| Am | ( Am ) | G/B | ( G/B ) |
| Am/C | ( Am/C ) | G | ( G ) |
| G | F | ( F ) | ( F ) | ( F ) |
| Am | ( Am ) | ( Am ) | ( Am ) |
Am
later the captain
G Am Am
shakes hands with the hangman
Am C
and climbs slowly down
Em Em
to the oily wet ground
F C Am Am
goes ’bout to the car that has come here to take him
F Am Am
to the graveyard and back to the town
C Em F F
so far from the clyde
Dm Dm
together we ride
F F
we did ride
| Am | Am | Am | Am |
Am
they pull out her cables
G Am Am
and hack off her hatches
Am C Em Em
too poor to be wasteful with pity or time
F C Am Am
they swarm on her carcass with torches and axes
F Am Am
like a whale on the bloody shoreline
Am
stripped of her pillars
G Am
her stays and her stantions
Am C Em Em
when there’s only her bones on the wet poison land
F C Am Am
steel ropes will drag her with winches and engines
F Am Am
’til it’s only a stain on the sand
C Em F F
so far from the clyde
Dm Dm
together we ride
F F/E Dsus2 Dsus2/A
we did ride
C Em F F
so far from the clyde
Dm Dm
together we ride
F F
we did ride
| Am | ( Am ) | G/B | ( G/B ) |
| Am/C | ( Am/C ) | G | ( G ) |
| G | F | ( F ) | ( F ) | ( F ) |
| Dm | ( Dm ) | G | ( G ) |
| Am | ( Am ) | G/B | ( G/B ) |
| Am/C | ( Am/C ) | G | ( G ) |
| G | F | ( F ) | ( F ) | ( F ) |
| Am | ( Am ) | ( Am ) | ( Am ) |
| Am |
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